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    I Got Fired Today. Succeed or Bust!

    EXECUTION 
    Hey what's up fastlaners ! Time for my weekly update . Nothing major except for the fact that I'm talking to clients ! Haven't got any interest via cold calling yet but I got some interest via email . I just finished doing an 14 page audit for a client today . I'm going send it off to h first...
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    The Beginner's guide to Sales + AMA

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    Sorry for taking so long to get back to you guys.... @Scot @Fox @JAJT I appreciate the advice and im going to act on it asap. The reason I was hesitating cold calling was primarily for 2 reasons. I was avoiding cold calling because I stutter(not so much that is debilitating) , and I know this...
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    I Got Fired Today. Succeed or Bust!

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    It's I am proficient in ads . I got my start doing Ecom drop shipping and made some cash doing that last year . Also I worked with some FB agencies doing campaigns for them , and I also helped out some friends who are in real estate by doing their ads. All very successful well except that my...
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    I Got Fired Today. Succeed or Bust!

    EXECUTION 
    Hey guys update . This weeks progress was a bit different than previous weeks. I was getting no where with my just email cold approach . So I decided to go back to the drawing board . Previously I had neglected cold calling because I read some bs studies showing it wasn't effective . (BS...
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    The Beginner's guide to Sales + AMA

    MARKETING AMA 
    Hey I read this whole thread tons of great advice. Ive been trying to do some sales myself for my own venture as Fb ads agency as detailed in my progress thread here : Progress Thread - I Got Fired Today. Succeed or Bust! For the TL;DR verision of my progress thread I have been doing cold...
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    I Got Fired Today. Succeed or Bust!

    EXECUTION 
    Update Jan 12 : Alright my last approach wasn't working to well , actually not at all. Thanks to some input from the great forum users here I designed a new approach with their advice and also from some basic sales books. Here it is : Basically its comprised of : 1. sending a short referral...
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    I Got Fired Today. Succeed or Bust!

    EXECUTION 
    Upon review of my email from your criteria , I think I'm guilty of 2 ,3 , & 4. So when you send your initial emails which is to talk to you , what does that look like? do you introduce yourself and what you do , or do you ask for the right person to talk to in the organization? ( the...
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    I Got Fired Today. Succeed or Bust!

    EXECUTION 
    Update - Jan 11 Update on the stats so far ( stats have improved as days went on ) Jan 8th Campaign - 28% open , 0% response Jan 9th Campaign - 44% open , 0% response Jan 10th Campaign - 48% open , 0% response Jan 11th Campaign - 17% open , 0% response ( todays email went out at 6:30 am , I...
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    I Got Fired Today. Succeed or Bust!

    EXECUTION 
    Thanks for the input . I'll definitely make time tomorrow to explore this avenue. I don't have a business quite yet , I have no sales! :P lol So I am not above being called a "free lancer" at all ! Most definitely have some questions. Be on the look out in your PMs soon .
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    I Got Fired Today. Succeed or Bust!

    EXECUTION 
    Update Jan 9 , 2017 Just another day prospecting . Banged out another 100 or so emails . No responses yet but I am getting some opens. Stats So Far : Jan 8th - 21% open rate - no replies (100 emails sent) (Niche A) Jan 9th - 38% open rate - no replies (100 emails sent)...
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    I Got Fired Today. Succeed or Bust!

    EXECUTION 
    Update - Jan 8, 2018 Hey guys just an update . Today I began cold outreach . I made 100 individual cold emails today and sent them all. I finished them up about 2 hrs ago , so far 9 opens but no responses quite yet. Working on my next batch now so I can send in the mornings at 6 am so it'll be...
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    I Got Fired Today. Succeed or Bust!

    EXECUTION 
    Yeah my problem is that I always did my projects in like this secret manner that no one knew about . But I'm shaking it up by posting here . I'll consider instagram also. Thanks for that suggestion . I'm going to check out your thread now . Hey thanks for the suggestion man! Really quick ...
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    I Got Fired Today. Succeed or Bust!

    EXECUTION 
    Hey guys , Hope All is well . Yesterday I applied for Upwork and Linked in to try and get some low hanging fruit clients and Jobs. Had to wait 24 hrs to approved for up work. So I spent the rest of my day trying to figure out linked in while waiting for my approval. Update - Day 5 Jan 3 , 2017...
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    I Got Fired Today. Succeed or Bust!

    EXECUTION 
    Nice Points man thanks. Just curious , you said this happened to you last year , having any success yet in one of ventures? How do you know when its a good idea to move on to the next business/venture? I know that there's a fine line between entrepreneurial a.d.d and knowing when its time to...
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    I Got Fired Today. Succeed or Bust!

    EXECUTION 
    Hello Fastlaners , Happy New Year! Hope you guys have a productive and fortunate year. Hope your holiday was good as well. I spent my New Years weekend on a all expenses paid trip to Flu Town. Update - Day 5 Jan 1 , 2017 Todays Execution I took @Evil_Jester 's advice and made my site as M.V.P...
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    I Got Fired Today. Succeed or Bust!

    EXECUTION 
    Hey Bio Hope you're doing well! Yes the lease has a 60 day notice clause. It does go "month to month " once it expires . However, even on that "month to month" basis a 30 day notice is still required. Its a pretty tight lease.
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    I Got Fired Today. Succeed or Bust!

    EXECUTION 
    @Sully1994 thanks for you advice man . I have definitely thought about some of the things that you have mentioned at one point. I planned on releasing a full report on it when I begin to develop a sales process in a few days. But I'll give a quick few tid bits of my target market here. Company...
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    I Got Fired Today. Succeed or Bust!

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    Thanks man! I will keep this in the back of my mind! @RichieKastl thanks for the recommend i also have that book and it is what i am basing my site off of! However , I wont begin inbound marketing until the business is making money. Planning to bootstrap this thing all the way! Also I dont...
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    I Got Fired Today. Succeed or Bust!

    EXECUTION 
    Hey Fastlaners Here is my first Update to this thread. Day 1 12/27/17 Today I thought the best thing to do is to handle all of my administrative tasks and go over my financials in detail so as I would have definite numbers in which I could plan off of instead of just an estimate. I went to...
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    I Got Fired Today. Succeed or Bust!

    EXECUTION 
    Hello fastlaners, I got fired today! I remember the last time I got fired before this job and i felt like my life came to a park and it was all doom and gloom. This time , its different. I feel peaceful and content. Yet ready for the challenge ahead. The reason i feel this way is because prior...
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